Element: setAttributeNodeNS() method - Web APIs | MDN

Syntax

js

setAttributeNodeNS(attributeNode)

Parameters

attributeNode

The Attr node to add to the element.

Return value

The replaced attribute node, if any, returned by this function.

Examples

js

// <div id="one" xmlns:myNS="http://www.mozilla.org/ns/specialspace"
//            myNS:special-align="utterleft">one</div>
// <div id="two">two</div>

const myns = "http://www.mozilla.org/ns/specialspace";
const d1 = document.getElementById("one");
const d2 = document.getElementById("two");
const a = d1.getAttributeNodeNS(myns, "special-align");
d2.setAttributeNodeNS(a.cloneNode(true));
alert(d2.attributes[1].value); // returns: `utterleft'

Notes

If the specified attribute already exists on the element, then that attribute is replaced with the new one and the replaced one is returned.

Note that if you try to set without cloning the node, you may see NS_ERROR_DOM_INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR "Attribute already in use" error, as the DOM requires cloning for Attr to be reused (unlike other Nodes which can be moved).

Specifications

Specification
DOM
# dom-element-setattributenodens

Browser compatibility

See also

Help improve MDN

Learn how to contribute

This page was last modified on by MDN contributors.